title: Accidental intravenous infusion of a large dose of magnesium sulphate during labor: A case report.
abstract: During labor and child delivery, a wide range of drugs are administered. Most of these medications are high-alert medications, which can cause significant harm to the patient due to its inadvertent use. Errors could be caused due to unfamiliarity with safe dosage ranges, confusion between similar looking drugs, mislabeling of drugs, equipment misuse, or malfunction and communication errors. We report a case of inadvertent infusion of a large dose of magnesium sulphate in a pregnant woman.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London, Health Sciences, Victoria Hospital, London, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Kamal
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Arif
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Al Arebi
authors.forename: Indu
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Singh
keywords: Drug error; inadvertent; magnesium sulphate toxicity; obstetric